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I had recently come across a jar of tamarind paste in the back of my fridge that I had picked up a while ago and hardly used. I wanted to experiment some more with the tamarind and while I was searching for recipes I came across this one for tilapia baked in a tamarind sauce which sounded really good. I like baking fish in sauces as they come out nice and moist full of the flavour of the sauce. This particular tamarind sauce is a Thai recipe. One of the things that I like the most about Thai recipes is that they tend to try to balance sweet, sour, spicy and salty. It is a god idea to sample the sauce after everything has been added to it and then tweak it to your tastes. The tilapia baked in tamarind sauce turned out really well! The tilapia was nice and moist and the tamarind sauce was really tasty. I served the tilapia with some coconut jasmine rice which provided a refreshing contrast to the flavourful tilapia. So far I have really been enjoying tamarind and I look forward to using it again.

Directions:1. Heat the tamarind, water, lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar, chili sauce, shrimp paste, garlic and ginger in a small sauce pan and stir to combine.2. Taste test the sauce to ensure that the sweet, sour, salty and spicy aspects are balanced.3. Pour 1/2 of the sauce over the tilapia in a baking dish and make sure that the tilapia is fully coated in it.4. Cover with aluminum foil.5. Bake in a preheated 350F oven until cooked, about 10-12 minutes.6. Serve with the remaining tamarind sauce, sliced green onions and red chillies.

We've been trying to eat fish once a week (to no avail since we've had the little one for the summer) This looks like something I could attempt... they sell whole tamarind pods at our market.Love your new logo by the way :)

how does all your food manage to look so good? been reading your blog for a while and I'm a big fan-- I definitely want to branch out and just cook a lot of random stuff.since i'm just starting a food blog.... how do you link websites you like on your site?

Tamarind is such an interestign flavour - my Mexican friend has these crazy salted tamarinf sweets that she's addicted to ;-) I also love naking fish - it's so easy and the end result is so flavoursome. Love the colours of your dish too!

Kevin,Fish and tamarind sounds very good to me... I missed so many of your recipes this week!! I've been very busy... I'm trying to set up my own online store and spent ours searching wholesalers. Anyway... I love the recipe, same cherry clafoutis sounds delicious... I made one before but with mixed berries.

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.